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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Begonia continued. 



OF FIRE,* glowing fiery-scarlet, flowers large and compact, very 

 free; BLACK DOUGLAS,* dark carmine crimson, flowers large, 

 of the finest form, one of the best; BRILLIANT, deep orange- 

 scarlet, very free; CHARLES BALTET, rich velvety vermilion; 

 COMMODORE FOOT.* brilliant velvety crimson, very free and 

 showy ; DAVISII, flowers small, dazzling scarlet, habit dwarf 

 and free; DR. MASTERS,* flowers large, with immense spikes, 

 deep red-crimson, very attractive ; DR. SEWELL,* glowing crim- 

 son, grand form ; EXOMENSIS, brilliant orange-scarlet, immense 

 flowers ; F. E. LAINO, deep velvety crimson, full and free ; HON. 

 MRS. BRASSEY,* deep glowing crimson, very rich and floriferous ; 

 J. H. LAINO * brilliant scarlet, one of the freest; J. W. FERRAND,* 

 rich vermilion, dwarf and free, one of the finest for bedding ; 

 LOTIIAIR,* dark scarlet-carmine, crimson shaded, of grand form 

 and size ; MARQUIS OF BUTE, brilliant carmine-crimson, of the 



Begonia continued. 



White-Flowered : ALBA FLORIBUNDA, flowers medium-sized, very 

 free; MOONLIGHT, very free, with good flowers and handsome 

 foliage ; MRS. LAING,* flowers exquisite in form and shape, pure 

 white, one of the best ; NYMPH,* large and round, white, tinted 

 with rose at the base ; PRINCESS BEATRICE,* flowers large, of ex- 

 cellent form, and pure in colour ; PURITY, flowers round, good size 

 and colour; QUKKN OF WHITF.S,* flowers pure white, large, 

 most freely produced (see Fig. 236, for which we are indebted to 

 Messrs. Veitch and Sons) ; HEINE BLANCHE,* one of the best, 

 very pure; SNOWFLAKE,* flowers large, in full spikes, pure 

 white, habit compact, and very free. 



Yellow and Oranye- Flowered : CHROMATELLA,* habit dwarf and 

 compact, pure yellow ; EMPRESS OP INDIA, deep yellow, very 

 showy; GEM OP YELLOWS,* rich deep yellow, of grand form and 

 size, one of the best ; GOLDEN GEM,* rich golden yellow, of excel- 



FIG. 236. BEGONIA QUEEN OF WHITES. 



finest form, and immense flowers; SCARLET GEM,* very dark 

 scarlet, flowers medium-sized, dwarf and very floriferous ; SEDENI, 

 rich rosy-crimson, dwarf, a good bedder ; Vesuvius,* bright 

 orange-scarlet, compact and free, one of the finest bedders. 



Rose-Colowed : ALBERT CROUSSE,* bright salmon-rose, very free ; 

 ANNIE LAING,* large and free, rich pink ; CAPT. THOMPSON, rich 

 salmon-rose, very free and compact ; DELICATUM, pale flesh-rose ; 

 EXQUISITE,* rich deep rose, very free and showy; J. AUBREY 

 CLARK, flowers very large, rich, deep ; JESSIE,* soft rosy-pink, with 

 " i petals shaded carmine, a very fine, perfect variety ; 



the tips of the r 



LADY BROOKE,* dark rose, shaded m 

 and large; LADY HUMK CAMPBELL, 



ta, very perfect in form, 

 pale pink, of good form 



and size, an exquisite variety ; MADAME STELLA,* flowers perfect 

 in form, large, bright rosy-pink, one of the best ; MARCHIONESS 

 OF BUTE, light rosy-pink, with an immense bloom and handsome 

 foliage ; PENELOPE,* rich salmon-rose, very free and good ; PRIN- 

 CESS OF WALES, very delicate pink, and free ; ROSE D' AMOUR, rich 

 rose, delicately shaded. 



lent form and size, habit free, with prettily mottled foliage ; J. L. 

 MACFARLA.NE, rich orange, freest form, and large ; LADY TREVOR 

 LAWRENCE,* orange-yellow, of good form, with handsome foliage ; 

 MAUDE CHURCHILL,* pale yellow, deeper shaded, with elegant 

 foliage ; MRS. PONTIFEX,* rich orange yellow, very large flowers, 

 copiously produced; POLLIE, pale yellow, fine round flower; 

 SULPHUR QUEEN,* pale sulphur-yellow, of good form and size. 

 Double-Flowered Varieties. Crimson and Scarlet Shaded : 

 ACHILLES, rich dark crimson, very large and free; DAVISII 

 HYBRIDA FL. -PL.,* rich coral-red, very full and free; DAVISII FL.-PL. 

 SUPERBA,* brilliant crimson-scarlet, of good size, and extremely 

 free ; DR. DUKE,* brilliant scarlet, very large and double, one of 

 the best ; FRANCIS BUCHNER,* rich cerise-red, very double, perfect 

 in form, and very large ; FULGURANT, rich crimson, full, with 

 dark foliage ; GLOIRE DE NANCY,* rich vermilion, very free ; 

 HERCULES,* bright orange-scarlet, very large and extremely free, 

 habit compact and vigorous ; LEMOINEI, deep orange-vermilion, 

 very floriferous ; MONSIEUR BAUER, deep red, tinged with violet ; 



